Sigmaringen Schloss

We visited Sigmaringen on the long weekend of the 1st of May. It was another of our day trips.
Sigmaringen is located at about 85 km from Herrlingen and is also on the Danube.

We went to Sigmaringen because of the castle, which is said to be one of the most beautiful in Baden-Württemberg, and were in for a big surprise and a bit of a history lesson!

Sigmaringen was the seat of the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen until 1850. The heir to the throne still lives with his family somewhere near the city.
When we got there we had to wait half an hour for the tour of the castle to start and we decided to visit the Fürstliches Museum first. We were very surprised to see that the current exhibition concerned the works, paintings and drawings, of Infanta Antonia of Portugal, who was the wife of one of the Princes of the house of Hohenzoller.
Later, during the visit to the castle, we were even more surprised to see that one of the biggest rooms is called "the Portuguese Gallery" as an homage to Infanta Antonia.

photo from here